When the trillions of periodical cicadas emerge in multiple Midwestern and Southeastern states next month, they will face a unique predator with murderous intent: cicada killer wasps. Cicada killer ...

In April 2004, "Mean Girls" was playing in theaters and "Yeah!" by Usher was topping the Billboard music charts. At the same time, around the mid-Atlantic region, small holes in the ground were ...

Last year, Western North Carolina didn't see much of the infamous double emergence of periodical cicada Broods XIX and XIII. While there is no periodical double emergence this year, the region can ...

It’s the season for cicadas again, and this year Oklahoma is going to miss the major brood birth, which will occur around the Kentucky and Tennessee, biologists say. Kelly Agnew, a Tulsa biologist who ...

Insects called "oak leaf itch mites" may be to blame for a spread of red bug bites this summer – and cicadas are serving as unwitting accomplices. Also known by their scientific name Pyemotes herfsi, ...

While cicada sightings are certainly on the rise in the Chicago area, some residents in area suburbs have reported seeing none at all. It's true that the emergence has been patchy in the region, with ...

Out of the more than 3,000 cicada species, there are only two types of cicadas: annual and periodical, according to National Geographic Kids. Annual cicadas, also known as dog-day cicadas, emerge from ...

NEW YORK — There is an eerie single-mindedness in the way cicada killers fly. Perhaps it is just insect swagger, or it might be the narrow preoccupation with the task at hand, common to many insects ...

Last week, I noticed a huge wasp perched on a dried-up cucumber leaf. It was a male cicada killer wasp, Sphecius speciosus. These beneficial wasps show up each year shortly after the annual cicadas ...

As people continue to experience the dual cicada emergence in Illinois, the questions continue. This collection of unique and interesting questions addresses what specific types of animals will eat ...

North Carolina residents will hear that telltale drone early this year when periodical 13-year cicadas emerge in the state – part of a rare U.S. "co-emergence" with a second periodical brood. The ...